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[42] [43] A report given by The Economist further added that Ukraine received a total of ten F-16s in the first batch and by the end of the year 20 F-16s should be in Ukrainian service with the rest of the aircraft delivered in 2025. [44] On 4 August, President Zelenskyy presented the F-16s in Ukrainian service during a ceremony held at an ...
Andrii Borysovych Pilshchykov (Ukrainian: Андрій Борисович Пільщиков; 3 February 1993 [3] [4] – 25 August 2023) was a Ukrainian fighter pilot with the call sign "Juice" (Джус) and a captain [5] in the 40th Tactical Aviation Brigade [6] of the Ukrainian Air Force.
But Ukraine's air force command said in a Facebook post on January 7 that one of its F-16 pilots downed six Russian cruise missiles in one mission — which it said is a record for the American ...
The Ukrainian F-16 pilot said to have shot down half a dozen Russian cruise missiles in a single mission showed remarkable skill, particularly during a risky gun battle, a former US Air Force ...
In a short time, Ukraine's F-16 pilots have had to learn to fly very differently from the way they flew their Soviet-era jets.
The F-16E (single seat) and F-16F (two seat) are newer F-16 Block 60 variants based on the F-16C/D Block 50/52. The United Arab Emirates invested heavily in their development. They feature improved AN/APG-80 active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar, infrared search and track (IRST), avionics, conformal fuel tanks (CFTs), and the more ...
It can take years to fully train an F-16 fighter pilot. “Moonfish” – a Ukrainian military aviator – has about six months. Moonfish is the call sign of a Ukrainian pilot who is training to ...
A “small number” of Ukrainian pilots began F-16 training in the US this week, according to an Air Force spokesperson.